Daryl Hall Quotes

I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.

I don't worry. I don't doubt. I'm daring. I'm a rebel.

I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out.

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do then survive.

Freedom lies in being bold.

I dare to do things - that's how I survive.

I'm not afraid to take chances or go off on my own.

I'm not afraid of anything. I do what I want.

I remember after a year in London, I was at an MTV party and a friend saying to me that it was such a brave thing to do to come over to London by myself. I never thought it was a big deal. It was my dream. I am so independent. It is just ridiculous. I am too independent for my own good.

Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah. Don't ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don't doubt yourself.

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

It's interesting when you've been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo and starting all over again I am learning that I am more bodacious than I thought. I don't know where it's coming from but I am glad.

Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

I've never been afraid to fail.

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.

I'm a big boy, and I'm a tough guy.

The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.

I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires.

When you dare me to do something, I will say, 'Watch me'. That is what I say to critics. 'Watch me'.

The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.

Never let inexperience get in the way of ambition.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

That's the whole key to anything: Don't be afraid to fail. And Bernie Mac is not afraid to fail.